Francesco Borromini (1599-1667) was an Italian architect who was one of the three pioneers of Baroque architecture (the others being Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pietro da Cortona). He started his career as a stonemason in a Swiss canton called Ticino where he was born. Later, he moved to Rome and started working for Carlo Maderno in 1619, and for Lorenzo Bernini in 1629. His career was strained by his depressed and hot- tempered personality. He even had to withdrow from certain projects. Eventually, his melancholy and conflicted character led to his committing suicide in 1667.

Here are some of Borromini’s major works.

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (San Carlino)

In 1634, Francesco Borromini took his first independent and major work that is San Carlino. Although it is considered as a model for the Baroque architecture, it is a rather small building. In fact, the whole structure can fit into one of the domes of Saint Peter’s. While devising the church’s plan, Borromini made use of interlocking geometrical forms (a characteristic of Borromini). As a result, the interior walls look as if weaving in and out and transitioning from a cross to a hexagonal form, and finally to an oval in the dome. 
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